Authors:
Cynthia Hualangi, Jonathan Effendy
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The aim of this research was to find whether learning motivation had a
significant effect on the 5th semester of STBA-PIA students’ reading
comprehension in Mandarin. This research applied ex post facto design
and random sampling. The population of this study was 170 students
majoring in Chinese Literature at STBA-PIA in academic year
2013/2014. The sample was 50 students. The data was collected by using
questionnaire to find their learning motivation and HSK 5 test. The data
was analysed by using validity test, reliability test, data description and ttest. This study showed that tcount was 7.674 and ttable (dk=48) was 1.67.
The tcount > ttable (7.674 > 1.67) which showed that there was a significant
effect of learning motivation on the 5th semester STBA-PIA students’
reading comprehension in which the significant level was 5%. Ha was
accepted while Ho was rejected.Keywords : learning motivation,reading comprehension, Chinese literature
Authors:
Berlin Sibarani, Muhammad Hafiz Aziz
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Abstract
This research was aimed at describing the extent to which the
grade 10,11, and 12 students acquire the paragraph development
of exposition paragraph writing and to describe the process of
acquiring the paragraph development. The development of
exposition paragraph was analyzed by following the theory of
Knapp & Watkins (2009:152) that consists of text structure and
lexico-grammar. The text structure is used to see the logical flow
of ideas from the beginning until the end of the paragraph, while
the lexico-grammar refers to the wordings to form meaning. To
achieve the objectives of this study, this research was conducted
by using descriptive qualitative design which relied on words to
describe the phenomena. The data was analyzed following Miles
et.al’ s model. The research finding showed that first, the students
from grade 10,11, and 12 had not acquired the development of
exposition paragraph writing since they only put thesis statement,
argument, but there was no conclusion. Second, the development
of exposition paragraph could not be explained since the subjects
did not relate the thesis statement to the argument and they did
not provide conclusion. However, the development can be seen
through the greater use of lexico-grammar from grade 10, 11 until
12.Keywords : exposition, lexico-grammar, text-structure
Authors:
Indah Sari, Rosdiana Sembiring
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to describe the types of processes in
transitivity systems used in various spoken discourses and the
reasons of using them. This research applied descriptive qualitative
design which relies on words to describe the phenomena. The
documentation technique was used to achieve the aim of the study.
The sources of the data were speech entitled of I Have a Dream by
Marthin Luther King published in 1963; the sermon on the mount by
Jesus of Nazareth published in 2012; and the song entitled of You
Raise Me Up by Josh Groban in 2003. The findings showed that
there were six types of processes in speech and sermon but not all
types of them were used in the song. The types of processes found in
the speech were 139 processes; dominantly was material process
which was 60 (43%). There were 76 processes in sermon, and
dominantly were 44 (57, 8%) material process; while there were 42
processes in the song; dominantly was 25 (59, 6%) material process.
There were 6 reasons of using types of processes in different spoken
discourses: 1) physical actions, 2) thinking actions, 3) identifying
features, 4) speaking actions, 5) physiological actions and 6) actions
that signal the existence of something/someone. It could be
concluded that material process are found to be the most dominant in
spoken discourse as it represents the process of doing.Keywords : transitivity, process, spoken discourse
Authors:
Lyna Lyna, Charissa Charissa
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Abstract
This research was aimed at finding out the effect of
storybook as the learning media on the first-grade of primary
school students’ reading comprehension at W.R. Supratman
2 Medan. The storybook included the interrelated pictures
and sentences that formed a coherent story. This research
used experimental design. The subjects of this research were
88 students divided into 44 students in control group and 44
students in experimental group. From the data analysis, this
research revealed that the average score of experimental
group was 69.32 which was higher than the average score of
control group 48.18 (69.32 > 48.18), and the result of t-test
showed that tcount = 3.14 was higher than ttabel = 1.68 (3.14 >
1.68). It showed that the effect of the storybook significantly
influenced the achievement of the students’ reading
comprehension.Keywords : media, storybook, Mandarin
Authors:
Alemina Alemina, Nanang Panggabean
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Abstract
This study was aimed at describing the types of process and the
reason of using those types in two narrative texts. It was conducted
by using descriptive qualitative design. The data were collected by
using documetary technique. There were 170 clauses in the story
of Sleeping Beauty which contained material process
(120/70,5%),mental process (9/5,3%), relational process
(17/10,5%), verbal process (8/4,7%), behavioral process (12/7,1%)
and existential process (4/2,3%). In the story of Zeus, there were
112 clauses which contained material process (81/72%), mental
process (3/2,7%), relational process (23/20,9%), verbal process
(2/1,8%),behavioral process (2/1,8%) and existential process
(1/0,9%). From the data, it was concluded that all the types of
processes were found in both strories. The reason of using those
types because there was some descriptions of the events and were
dominated by the act of doing performed by the participants.Keywords : Experiential, Metafunction, Narrative
Authors:
Rita Napitupulu, Jessica Rusli
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Abstract
This study was aimed at describing the types of figurative
language used in two genres; they were romance (The Notebook)
and science fiction (The Host) and the reasons underlying the
finding. This research was conducted by using descriptive
qualitative design which relied on words to describe the
phenomena. The data was analyzed by using Miles et.al „s
interactive model of data analysis. Based on the analysis, it can be
concluded that simile, hyperbole, metaphor, and personification
existed in both of the genres. The reasons underlying this finding
were to create tone and communicate emotion, to create humor
and abstract thinking, and cultural cohesiveness. These reasons
were tied to both the romance and also science-fiction genre.Keywords : figurative language, novel, genre
Authors:
Zuo Ling Jiao, Michellin Stevanny
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Abstract
Slang words are the social variation which has distinctive characteristic
and confidential in nature. It means that the variation is used for certain
community. Slangs are divided into proper slang, taboo slang, vogue
slang, proxy slang and pragmatic slang. This research was intended to
describe slangs in Let the Bullets Fly and Caught in the Web. The
theory used in this research was the theory of slang words. The data
collected in this research was documentation technique; and the source
of the data was the dialogue in Let the Bullets Fly and Caught in the
Web. The result showed that there were 4 types of slangs found in both
of the movies, they were: proper slang, taboo slang, vogue slang, and
proxy slang. Taboo slang was dominantly used in both of the movies.
The reasons for using these slangs were to show jokes, to show the
aesthetic of the language, to avoid cliché, to enrich vocabulary, and to
add emotional appeal in Let the Bullets Fly dan Caught in the Web
movie.Keywords : slang, movie, mandarin
Authors:
Sinar Anwar, Fenny Salim
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Abstract
The goal of this study was to explore the dictions used in the
outstanding compilation of short story written by Shen Congwen and
also to find whether there was any changes of dictions made by the
author within different year of publication. The short story that became
the focus of this study was 棉鞋（MianXie） published in 1925 and传
奇不奇（Chuanqi Buqi） published in 1947. This study revealed that
棉鞋（MianXie） in 1925 used 686 dictions which consisted of:
denotation 12%, connotation 4%, abstract 5%, general 27%, odd 11%,
scientific 21%, popular 18%, slang 2%. Meanwhile, 传奇不奇
（Chuanqi Buqi） in 1947 used 1625 dictions which was categorized as
denotation 6%, connotation 2%, abstract 4%, general 26%, odd 9%,
scientific 28%, popular 23%, and slang 2%.Keywords : dictions, short story, Mandarin
Authors:
Johannes Jefria Gultom, Jimmy Jimmy
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Abstract
The objectives of this study was to describe the types of speech
function and the reasons of using them in the insurance
advertising slogan. This research used descriptive qualitative
research design. The data was taken from the insurance
advertising slogans in the form of sentences that belonged to the
types of speech function. To collect the data, the researcher used
documentary technique. Based on the analysis of the data, it
could be concluded that the types of speech function in the
insurance advertising slogans can be classified into statement
category. The reason of using speech function in the insurance
advertising slogans was mostly used to persuade to readers or
customers to join with the company despite of the speech
functions of some advertisements which described its content.Keywords : speech function, advertising, slogan
Authors:
Elly Romy, Nuryadi Nuryadi
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Abstract
This research was aimed at explaining the learning motivation of the
second grade of Junior High School students at Sekolah Minggu Buddha
Maitreya Medan in learning Mandarin. Besides, the goal of this research
was to describe the factors that influence their learning motivation. This
study was conducted by using descriptive qualitative design. The
subjects of this study was 20 students of the second grade of Junior High
School students at Sekolah Minggu Buddha Maitreya. Motivation is
divided into intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Thus, the study of the
students’ learning motivation was separated according to the type of
motivation. The results showed that there were about 8 students that had
intrinsic motivation, while there were about 11 students that had
extrinsic motivation. The factors that underlie this finding was due to the
difficulty that the students faced in learning Mandarin.Keywords : learning motivation, Mandarin, extrinsic, intrinsic
Authors:
Yenny Marlim, Patricia Winner
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Abstract
The goal of this research was to find the effect of reinforcement
on the kindergarten B students’ learning achievement in
Mandarin vocabulary. The researcher used quantitative with
quasi-experiment type and pre-test and post-test design. The
sample of this research was all of the kindergarten B students at
Picket Fence Pre-School, specifically experimental group
consisted of 20 students and control group 20 students. The
hypothesis was that there was an effect of reinforcement on
students’ learning achievement in Mandarin vocabulary. The ttest result showed that reinforcement had a significant effect on
students’ achievement in vocabulary. The post-test result in
experimental group was 87,5; while the post-test in control group
was 79,5. It was found that tcount > ttable with tcount was 2 while ttable
was significantly 5% with dk = 38 that was 1,69. Thus, Ha was
accepted and Ho was rejected. Based on the explanation above, it
was concluded that reinforcement had a significant effect on
kindergarten B students’ learning achievement in Mandarin
vocabulary at Picket Fence Pre-School.Keywords : Reinforcement, Hasil Belajar, Kosakata, Bahasa Mandarin
